THE 'WAR ON DRUGS' CANNOT BE WON

Fall River Mayor Edward Lambert displays his abysmal ignorance when he says
that "I don't know if you ever win a war on drugs." Wake up, mayor. You can
never win.

Part of the reason (but only part) is that the drug war is not, as
advertised, a war "against drugs." Like all wars, it is a war against
people. It may be "excused" by shouting the talismanic word "drugs," but
drugs are just inanimate objects. The war is against the people of America
and, now, all the peoples of the world. And it cannot be "won."

It is, instead a permanent state of siege, which will go on as long as the
drug warriors are allowed to operate. Then, when humanity finally has had
enough of it, or when society is totally destroyed by their violence, the
only end which can ever happen will come: The legalizers will win. How many
people's lives are you willing to trash first, mayor?

PATRICK L. LILLY, Colorado Springs, CO